Report: Jalen Hurd hasn’t been in contact with Tennessee about transfer destination

It doesn’t look like former Tennessee running back Jalen Hurd has much interest into moving to a new college after all.

According to WNML 99.1FM/990AM radio host Jimmy Hyams, Hurd has not talked to Tennessee about a transfer and no teams have called Tennessee about him. Given that Hurd would likely want to enroll in January at any new school, this suggests that Hurd is leaning toward heading to the NFL instead.

Former UT running back Jalen Hurd has not asked UT for permission to talk to any schools nor have any schools called UT about Hurd.

This confirms an earlier report from 1045 The Zone’s Brent Dogherty that Hurd was leaning toward the NFL.

Hurd had reportedly already received his transfer waiver from the school, which allowed him to go anywhere outside of the SEC other than future Tennessee opponents. It was reported at one time that Memphis tried to reach out to Hurd, but had a wrong phone number. It is unclear if the school ever got in touch with him.

Hurd shockingly announced his transfer at the end of October after struggling to 451 yards on 122 carries in 2016. Last season, he set a Tennessee sophomore record by rushing for 1,288 yards. Among other reasons, Hurd said that he didn’t fit Tennessee’s style of offense and wanted to run more plays out of the I-formation.

As an underclassman, Hurd has until Jan. 16 to declare for the NFL Draft.